Date   : Thu, 19 Mar 1987 19:17:42 GMT
From   : mnetor!utgpu!edwest@seismo.css.gov (Dr. Edmund West)
Subject: relocatable library files and librarian programs

  I would like to receive recommendations about librarian programs
(both public domain and otherwise) which work with Microsoft format
relocatable library files.
  I use SLR Systems' suite of excellent programs. Their assembler and
linker understand both Microsoft and SLR formats. Unfortunately, their
librarian program (SLRIB) knows about SLR format only. This makes it
impossible for me to manipulate Microsoft format libraries.
  The background to this is that I just updated my Ecosoft ECO-C
compiler from version 3.30 to 3.48. Their libraries are released in
Microsoft format only, and I have found bugs in both versions.
Fortunately, I purchased their source code so that in the cases I've
encountered so far I am able to link correct modules directly. But it
would be nice to be able to patch the libraries themselves.